The Mabel Mine is a gold, lead, and silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Mabel Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mabel Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Garfield District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: West End Consolidated Mining Co.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: E-Trending Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Development): IN 1936 THAT PORTION OF MINE ABOVE THE 600-FOOT LEVEL WAS UNDER LEASE TO LLOYD WILSON, OF HAWTHORNE, AND ASSOCIATES.
Comment (Deposit): MUCH-FAULTED VEINS RANGE FROM 3 INCHES TO 3 FEET IN THICKNESS. VEINS MOSTLY RUSTY QUARTZ IN CHERT AND QUARTZITE, AND CONTAIN PYRITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE. VEINS COMMONLY OXIDIZED TO CAVERNOUS QUARTZ WITH LIMONITE AND CERARGYRITE, NATIVE SILVER, JAROSITE, ANGLESITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, AND MALACHITE.
Comment (Workings): 650-FOOT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100-FOOT INTERVALS. A WINZE 130 FEET DEEP HAS BEEN SUNK FROM THE 600-FOOT LEVEL
Comment (Production): 4310 TONS ORE WORTH $421,627 FROM 1922-29 - VANDERBURG; $745,000 FROM 1922-40 - COUCH AND CARPENTER.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941
Reference (Deposit): COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION; NBMG BULL. 37 NO. 4
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
